Tapered Tenon Cutters

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In my last video I made a tapered mortise reamer, for this video I made a couple of tenon cutters to match it. I made two different styles, one easier to make than the other.
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[@petermarsh4993]

Dear Neil, thanks for showing me how to make and use the cutters. As it turned out, I did have a real need for something like this but didn’t have a clear idea how to go about it. Now I do thanks to you. All the best.

[@MrArcher0]

Love your work. The whole idea of making something form nothing ( or what others might have considered junk) is so appealing. Keep up the good work.

[@Sludgepump]

ALWAYS worth watching your videos!! Great stuff.

[@JohnMadeit]

great work. i hope to be able to make and use something like this in the future

[@Cactusworkshopchannel]

fantastic!!

[@thomasarussellsr]

Great beveled tenon cutters. Surely more accurate, and quicker, than trying to do it all with a knife, draw knife, and spoke shave. Kudos!

[@AquaPeet]

What a joy to watch along, Mr. Skilled Toolmaker! :)

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Great video Neil! Thanks for sharing it.😎👍JP

[@leksey7870]

I loved it!

[@adammartin1004]

Thank you for this! I just made myself a tapered tenon cutter with your instructions - definitely needs some work, but I'm pleased. You made a difference - thanks again!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Awesome!

[@subhashchandrasharmaji694]

Scrap Delie City

[@davidmarusa9833]

I really enjoy all of your videos. You make it all look so simple which inspires me.

[@skylerkomadina9573]

Great video!! Im making one of these soon. So many possible options when you have one of those or even better a few in a few sizes lol. Hope you hand is doing well man. Thanks for the great content.

[@kuffyswoodwork]

That worked incredibly well. The final assembled joint was near perfect. 👍

[@PaskMakes]

Thanks mate! It wasn't bad but not sure about perfect, wet glue, sanded to 120 and a quick cart of wax. ;)

[@JENNISWISS]

I love old wood crafts. you show us something very exclusive. almost forgotten. Thanks a lot, dear🍀👍

[@PaskMakes]

Glad you liked it Lukas! :)

[@juancarlosmalla3589]

Uy

[@tomsdreamshopworx]

Awesome! I absolutely love how you had to make a tool to make the tool.

[@PaskMakes]

Glad you like it Tom! :)

[@robertbrunston5406]

Looks like your tools work good! Thanks.

[@whitedoggarage]

Great video, my coffee went cold whilst I was watching it as I was so absorbed in the video 😀. I can see how great the tapered tenon is, but where would you actually use it. I am thinking old style chairs where the legs go into the seat could be one use, what do you use it for? Thanks, Bob

[@PaskMakes]

Glad you enjoyed it Bob! You're correct, it is used in chair making. I've just built a stool to show them in use - video will be out later today. :)

[@rossanavani9408]

whitedoggarage is

[@SLOROB55]

whitedoggarage I’m going to make one or two to install walking stick tips.

[@juginstr1019]

GREAT JOB!.Thanks a lot.

[@aphaxtwan]

I've had a blast watching all of your lovely videos! Great stuff

[@PaskMakes]

Thanks Benji! :)

[@lamproknives]

I love your videos, I'm a knifemaker and I find your work amazing, you know how to use your tools and it's very pleasant to watch By the way, where do you get all these pieces of hardwood ?

[@panPippi]

Great video, thank you! what kind of wood would you like? oak? beech ? ash? for example...

[@dumbdog2924]

So as a set it's kinda like a tap and dye set for steel! Super cool!

[@wildysnow547]

good one and love the pig to silk purses with warts on the its nuts. :)

[@wettermartin]

Great video pal, I'm big fan of your work

[@PaskMakes]

Thanks very much Martin! :)

[@atsipan]

Love your work!

[@allebarbi118]

Amazing. You are very intelligent and capricious.

[@robertstigter9195]

Great demonstration of woodworking basics Neil, thanks for sharing. Hope your hand recovered well. Have a good weekend.

[@PaskMakes]

Thanks Robert! :)

[@Aprendiz-de-Marceneiro]

Ótima ferramenta!

[@pauloteodoro2415]

Deus te deu muita sabedoria... Parabéns!

[@Mrfreezeee1]

Now you gonna have to make the last jig you showed ,its funny how as a wood worker we get cautious of messing up are hands for fear of not being able to work ,you did that pretty good for a one hander great video

[@PaskMakes]

Thanks mate!

[@robertfiorini2061]

Hi Pask, nice set of videos, I could have used them a little earlier as last month I made a tuning peg set of reamer and cutter by trial and error , came up with a similar system but it took a lot of fiddling round with the cutter before it gave good results and I did round off the start of the blade eventually.

[@brainfornothing]

Thanks for sharing !

[@brianscott3622]

Nice video, concise descriptions.

[@garagemonkeysan]

Nice tool build. Great video. : )

[@hernandoperez4366]

muy practico y facil !Te felicito amigo.

[@hundredhundred-thousand7951]

It's like a giant pencil sharpener! Great video. I'd like to make a set of these sometime soon. Keep it up!

[@Efra_Morocho]

thanks for share your lessons

[@BruceAUlrich]

Cool project! How's the hand doing?

[@PaskMakes]

Thanks Bruce - the hand is almost healed! :)

[@martinwolf5957]

Hello Neil, again a very good job. Thick thumbs up ❗❗❗ Martin 👍 👍👍👍✋

[@PaskMakes]

Thanks Martin - glad you liked it mate! :)

[@panaviaman]

Cool video, even cooler photos, Many thanks from UK

[@Joshleslie871]

Hey I know this video is old but I had an idea for your tear out problem on the larger tenons. You know how a fillister shoulder plane has a spur to slice the grain just slightly before the blade comes through and pares it so it won’t chip out or lift? You could take a spur from a fillister and mount it on the tenon cutter for when you are anticipating tear out

[@chucksmith9633]

Thank you for making these 2 videos. I will be making these reemer and tenon cutters. I am a full-time woodworker making antique reproduction furniture with an interest in making windsor chairs. Thanks from Kentucky, USA.

[@spettro9]

This is fantastic!

[@markbarabas8015]

Great video! I would love to see how you made the dowel cutter you showed at the end of the video. Thanks....just subscribed!

[@roevskagg]

I'm curious as to why the bed angle ends up being 20 degrees. What happens if it's 15, 18 or 25? Thanks for great content with awesome tips on woodworking =)

[@akramalhossen8049]

بين الابداع والفن شعره فقط ولكنك جمعت بين الاثنين .. بوركت يداك وعقلك وابداعك

[@mc4kvb]

Awesome job Pask! It was a lot of work and even got yourself a bit of a bo bo on your hand. I hope your hand is better now. I appreciate all the work you do to put these videos out. They are a lot of help and I enjoy all of them. Take care and be safe!

[@PaskMakes]

Thanks Becky and thanks for the stickers! :)

[@user-ne8by7hj5u]

Super class.

[@Woodden]

It is always fun to make your own tools.

[@taharchaib9137]

Vous-êtez un Grand Chef

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

Well done my friend, turned out very well....quick recovery can start with a beer, well deserved after that cut 🍻🍺

[@PaskMakes]

Thanks Marc! Sounds good to me! :)

[@JustJimWillDo]

I've always wanted to know how to make a giant pencil sharpener! Great pair of videos. Hope the hand's healing well.

[@PaskMakes]

That's pretty much what it is Jim! The hand is on the mend! :)

[@jpkalishek4586]

I was thinking the same thing

[@timwhite9255]

Awesome job, i am going to try to make that. Two questions about the small open handled back saw you used in these two videos, what make is it and how old is it? I bought one in the Restore here in Canada a few years ago for a dollar, and i fixed it up and put some sharp on the teeth, and it is a great little backsaw.

[@PaskMakes]

Thanks Tim! I picked that saw up somewhere, can't quite remember where but like you I fixed it up an sharpened it. I have no idea of the make or age but it's a great little saw. :)

[@daskraut]

this is one gigantic pencil sharpener!

[@i.p.jr.855]

Yes, awesome!

[@henrysscrollsawworks6917]

Curious could you drill a straight hole and the blade in the tenon cutter please answer thanks in advance??????

[@IMMORTALSYMPHONIES]

KZbin: how to make a tenon cutter. Me after 7:00 : Ah! that's a bloody giant pencil sharpener. Could have started with that.

[@robertharris1748]

Was just going to say "Nice pencil sharpener", but you beat me to it (by many months).

[@glenngoodale1709]

Another good video 👍

[@ejtakach]

Great set of tools! I'll take that sample joint if you have no use for it ;-)

[@caspianx67]

I've had the Lee Valley tapered reamer and tenon cutters on order since early July this year, and they're now backordered into late November and December (after getting bumped out a month at a time until now, so no confidence they'll be shipped then either). I've got your two videos bookmarked and am thinking I need to find some metal to use for the reamer blade next. Trying to make some staked furniture a la The Anarchist's Design Book, and these two tools are critical to getting started. Thanks so much for putting these videos together!

[@Roots-Of-Knowledge]

really cool mate, 2 in one sure its the way to go..:)) the info and details are much appreciated.. great project

[@PaskMakes]

No worries Shay! :)

[@tedbower685]

doesn't look like jarrah not red enough your very skillful and i have picked up several useful tips. thank you

[@Teverell]

I need one of those to sharpen my giant pencil... :D

[@joewarwaruk7656]

Great video! What are your thoughts on the Irwin pull saw?

[@PaskMakes]

Thanks Joe! It's nice enough and a handy saw to have around (there's a few teeth missing now). I probably should invest in something better. :)

[@haroldcoots8433]

I like these. I will have to try to make these when I want to build a chair. But at 10:35, did you run into a couple of nails? It looks like you went through them easily enough.

[@luisgabrieltorres2906]

Thanks Master!!

[@absysalah5166]

very good nice job

[@markcastonguay7906]

next time you start an angled cut in the middle of a piece of wood try starting with a knife wall. strike a line with a marking knife on the waste side of the line about 1-2 mm (~1/16"). then start the angle with a chisel to remove a slice of wood. then you can start your saw will have a ledge to work against.

[@PaskMakes]

Yes you're absolutely correct Mark, I should've known better. :)

[@nicoxstyle]

Without wanting it you made yourself another mallet, nice :)

[@maenpaaelmeri]

That looks just like a giantic sharpener!

[@SLOROB55]

Awesome, probably too much trouble for one off, but there’s got to be a jig made of a couple of wedges to make the cuts on

[@SLOROB55]

A power saw.

[@jugbrewer]

Could a chunk of a handsaw plate work instead of a plane blade, if you wanted to make tenons that are longer than 2 inches?

[@marknahabedian1803]

What if you started by making a compound miter cut in the stock for the blade bed and then glued it half back together again, and clamped the unglued half as you drill and ream the hole? If you have a wood lathe could you use it (unpowered) to guide the reamer!

[@kargandarr]

The wood you used with the plane iron looks to me like it is wormy chestnut.

[@PLINKER]

I would like to make a cutter that would cut a 1/2" or .500 diameter but with square shoulder for walking sticks to add a carving with a 1/2" hole in the center of it. How can I do that? I'm starting the tenon cutter for log type furniture with a double blade but it leaves a radius in the corner. Thank you!

[@allankellar1896]

You made all those nice wooden tools including a centre finder and now you use a ruler.what was the point of making the tool

[@robertbrunston5406]

Ok very good! Your cutters look like they work well! Hope your hand gets better soon! Thank you.

[@PaskMakes]

Thanks Robert! :)

[@TheJasonGuptill]

bloody brilliant mate! good on ya =)

[@wsflather]

What angle is the cutter blade sharpened at? A tenon cutter I made a few hears ago does not cut shavings well at all, and I am wondering if I sharpened the blade at too shallow an angle.

[@peregrine1970]

Screw a razor blade on the inlet side and have it cut the grain so no tear out? Kinda like the spur nickers on some planes?

[@chessguru900]

where can I buy one from? I'm in uk

[@thermmaloverload]

Fantastic work Neil! If work slows down, you can always get a job at Smiggle, sharpening pencils ;)

[@youtukang]

👍👍

[@ibrhemahmed170]

Very good. but how to make drilling that you use it to make taper hole or mitres

[@allinon1sw]

This is exactly the video I needed to help me build a sharpener for my huge pencils!

[@EricOmine]

Is there a specific reason why woodworkers cut the blade bed at 20º when making these rounder planes/tenon cutters? Most dowel making jigs have 0º blade beds, does it make them harder to use? I figure a blade positioned at 20º+25º should cut better than 0º+25º.

[@craigriglin]

Port Orford cedar is the nicest wood I have ever worked with it doesn’t split, easy to cut and shape and weathers really well. The only drawback is the only place I know it grows is in Oregon.

[@henrysscrollsawworks6917]

How narrow can you make these tapered reamers I need one goes from 1/8to 3/8 or an 1/2 inch can you give me an idea of what I need to do any help would be appreciated 👍👍👍🤙🤙🤙

[@ianvicedomini2648]

Brilliant work Neil. Great video mate

[@pauln2661]

Why not inset a bubble level in the top of your reamer to be sure you are straight and level?

[@PaskMakes]

Most of the time you use a reamer it would be on an angle. :)

[@doubledarefan]

Now make a giant pencil.

[@christopheleblanc9175]

the reamer could use a couple of balls added to the tee handle , one to extend it to fit your grip better, and two , so it easier on the balms or webs of your hands when turning it , but great build, like the REuse of the saw blade,

[@michaelseitz9526]

Where do you get those tenon cutters and the big pencil sharpener? They look old. Do they still make them? Thanks

[@whome6764]

I've tried making a set a few years ago but barely worked. Must've had the angles off.

[@blubberboy1897]

Can we have a shop tour

[@WittAllen]

It's a really big pencil sharpener!

[@alexc8845]

congrats you made a big pencil sharpner

[@sociashongosynutraceuticos]

Perfecto!

[@manuelsoul4699]

The best